Chess player Hikaru Nakamura throws chess pieces into the audience

After defeating King Gukesh, chess player Hikaru Nakamura caused a stir by throwing his opponent's King straight down to the audience.

Nakamura immediately threw away Gukesh's King after winning - Photo: Chess.com

On October 5, the Checkmate exhibition chess match between the top 5 American players (including: Nakamura, Caruana, Carissa Yip, Levy Rozman, Tani Adewumi) and 5 Indian players (including Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Divya Deshmukh, Sagar Shah, Ethan Vaz) ended with an unbelievable result.

Although it was predicted to be a dramatic confrontation, the US team proved their absolute superiority with a devastating 5-0 victory right at home in Texas.

Nakamura started the game on the white side with B4, Gukesh responded with E6.

The turning point of the game came on move 47. After the Indian King moved his king to H7, Nakamura decided to take the rook to capture the knight D5 with the aim of moving the queen to F6 - threatening checkmate on G7 or H8.

This move forces Gukesh to take his Rook to the F2 pawn in order to rescue his black King.

The turning point came after Gukesh's move 46 (black side) - Photo: Chess.com

At the decisive moment, Gukesh made a fatal mistake by moving his King to F8. Just waiting for that moment, Nakamura moved his Queen to D8 to win the match.

Nakamura ended the game with move QD8 - Photo: screenshot

Notably, the moment that caused a stir was when, after checkmating, the world's number 2 player immediately took his opponent's King, then threw it down to the audience and celebrated wildly after confirming the victory for the US team over the Indian team.

Nakamura's King Throwing Moment - Video : Social Network X

When asked about the King-tossing moment after the match, Hikaru Nakamura, the captain of the US team, shared: "If I had won, I would have thrown the King anyway – it happened in a dramatic bullet game, which made it even more amazing. I hope the fans enjoyed it."

The Checkmate exhibition chess match was held at Arlington Esports Stadium - Texas, where the top 5 American players faced off against 5 Indian players. This was the round on American soil, so the home players had the advantage of holding the white pieces on all the boards.

The games are played sequentially in rapid format (10 minutes each, plus 1 second when under 1 minute remains). If there is a draw, the match is decided by a tense tie-break series with decreasing time (5 minutes, 1 minute) until the final result is known.

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